Usually means: Tense, anxious response to stress.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. nail-biting: Merriam-Webster
  2. nail-biting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nail-biting, nail-biting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nail-biting: Vocabulary.com
  5. nail-biting: Wordnik
  6. nail-biting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. nail-biting: Wiktionary
  8. nail-biting: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. nail-biting: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nail-biting: Dictionary.com
  11. nail-biting: Rhymezone
  12. nail-biting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. nail-biting: FreeDictionary.org
  14. nail-biting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. nail-biting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nail-biting: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. nail-biting: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nail-biting: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  That causes nervous anticipation or suspense

Similar:
nailbiting, nerve-jangling, nerve-wracking, nerve-racking, nervewracking, nervy, nerve-wrecking, nervish, nervous-Nellie, nappy, more...

Opposite:
calm, relaxed, composed, unworried, unperturbed



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Similar:
nailbiting, nerve-jangling, nerve-wracking, nerve-racking, nervewracking, nervy, nerve-wrecking, nervish, nervous-Nellie, nappy, more...

Opposite:
calm, relaxed, composed, unworried, unperturbed



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